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Euclid. A two-point correlation approach to diagnosing star-related systematics in the Euclid spectroscopic survey

Euclid Collaboration, I. Risso, B. R. Granett +298

The Euclid spectroscopic survey will measure galaxy clustering with unprecedented precision, requiring stringent control of observational and instrumental systematics. Star-related…

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Euclid preparation. The shape of halo profiles in CDM and non-standard cosmologies

Euclid Collaboration, L. Pizzuti, G. Y. Ferron +304

We study the shape of three-dimensional and projected dark-matter halo profiles extracted from cosmological -body simulations in CDM and non-standard cosmologies, using the \…

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An E-value Reanalysis of DESI's Dynamical Dark Energy Signal

Jinyoung Kim, David F. Mota, Andrius Tamosiunas

Cosmological surveys such as DESI release data in stages, and each release reprocesses earlier observations and supersedes its predecessor. Testing the same hypothesis at every rel…

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Euclid: Inferring star-formation history via cross-correlations of photometric clustering and shear with the cosmic infrared background

J. Han, S. Camera, M. Migliaccio +146

The cosmic infrared background, sourced by dust heated by star-forming activity, encodes the integrated history of the star-formation distribution over a large swathe of cosmic tim…

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Euclid: Measuring the intrinsic alignment of galaxies around cosmic voids in the \Euclid Flagship simulation\

P. Vielzeuf, M. -C. Cousinou, A. Pisani +149

We present a methodology to measure the intrinsic alignment (IA) signal of galaxies in the vicinity of cosmic voids using the \Euclid-like Flagship cosmological simulation from the…

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The PAU Survey and Euclid: Analysing photometric redshifts from realistically simulated narrow-band photometry with Flagship 2

A. Wittje, H. Hildebrandt, D. Navarro-Gironés +154

The study of the large-scale structure of the Universe and the distribution of galaxies has been greatly advanced by the application of various types of photometric redshift estima…

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Euclid: Precise inference of defocus wavefront error from image diffraction spike measurements

D. Neumann, L. Miller, H. Hoekstra +146

The success of the Euclid cosmological weak lensing measurements requires unprecedented knowledge of the point spread function (PSF) shape. Defocus wavefront errors induce variatio…

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Euclid preparation. First investigation of the impact of cross-contamination on spectroscopic redshift measurements with pixel-level simulations

Euclid Collaboration, F. Passalacqua, S. Anselmi +299

We present a study on simulated data focused on understanding the performance of the spectroscopic redshift measurements with the Near-Infrared Spectrometer and Photometer (NISP) i…

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Euclid: Quick Data Release (Q1) -- LensMC shear measurement catalogue for cluster lensing science

G. Congedo, M. Sereno, H. Miyatake +140

We present a LensMC lensing analysis of Euclid Quick Release 1 images that were made available in March 2025. We measured shapes, positions, weights, and other morphological parame…

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Euclid preparation. Three-dimensional galaxy clustering in configuration space: Three-point correlation function estimation

Euclid Collaboration, A. Veropalumbo, M. Moresco +303

Higher-order correlation functions are firmly established as a fundamental tool for the statistical analysis of clustering in modern galaxy surveys. It was demonstrated that they g…

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Euclid preparation. CosmoPostProcess: A simulation calibrated framework for weak lensing selection bias in richness-selected galaxy clusters

Euclid Collaboration, R. Ingrao, M. Costanzi +280

We present \texttt{CosmoPostProcess}, a simulation-based forward-modelling algorithm calibrated to reproduce Euclid optical cluster observables. Its main deliverable is a correctio…

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Euclid preparation. Refining input galaxy shape distributions for shear calibration simulations

Euclid Collaboration, H. Jansen, N. Martinet +282

The Euclid Wide Survey (EWS) will cover the majority of the extragalactic sky with a resolution similar to the Hubble Space Telescope. This unprecedented data set will introduce a…

astro-ph.CO2026★ 2 cited

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: A Test of the Gravitational Force Law on Cosmological Scales Using the Kinematic Sunyaev-Zeldovich Effect

Patricio A. Gallardo, Kris Pardo, Oliver H. E. Philcox +38

The mean pairwise velocity of massive halos reflects the gravitational force law on cosmic scales. We combine cosmic microwave background intensity maps from the Atacama Cosmology…

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Euclid preparation. Galaxy power spectrum and bispectrum modelling

Euclid Collaboration, K. Pardede, A. Eggemeier +306

Higher-order correlation functions of the large-scale galaxy distribution offer access to information beyond that contained in standard 2-point statistics such as the power spectru…

astro-ph.CO2026★ 1 cited

Euclid. Populating a dark universe with galaxies using SciPIC

Euclid Collaboration, E. J. Gonzalez, J. Carretero +305

High-fidelity galaxy mocks are crucial for validating analysis pipelines and for cosmological inference. In this context, the Science Pipeline at PIC (SciPIC) is a pipeline specifi…

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Euclid preparation. Impact of redshift distribution uncertainties on the joint analysis of photometric galaxy clustering and weak gravitational lensing

Euclid Collaboration, K. A. Bertmann, A. Porredon +290

One of the mission's key projects is the so-called 32pt analysis, that is, the combination of cosmic shear, photometric galaxy clustering, and galaxy-gala…

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Revisiting observational constraints on coupled exponential quintessence with energy and momentum transfers: degeneracy with massive neutrinos

Jose Beltrán Jiménez, Kiyotomo Ichiki, Xiaolin Liu +2

We investigate the impact of massive neutrinos on cosmological models in which dark energy, described by a quintessence scalar field with an exponential potential, interacts wi…

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Luminosity-Temperature Relation as a Probe for Modified Gravity

Antonino Del Popolo, Saeed Fakhry, David F. Mota

We investigate the luminosity-temperature (-) relation of galaxy clusters as a probe for testing modified gravity (MG) theories, focusing on gravity and symmetron mode…

astro-ph.CO2026★ 1 cited

Euclid preparation. Simulated galaxy catalogues for non-standard cosmological models

Euclid Collaboration, M. -A. Breton, P. Fosalba +289

Stage-IV galaxy surveys will provide the opportunity to test cosmological models and the underlying theory of gravity with unparalleled precision. In this context, it is crucial fo…

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Euclid: The linear-construction covariance and cosmology

V. Lindholm, E. Sihvola, J. Valiviita +137

We study the properties of galaxy cluster 2-point correlation function covariance matrices estimated using the linear-construction (LC) method, which is computationally up to 20 ti…

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Euclid preparation. CIV. Impact of galaxy intrinsic alignment modelling choices on Euclid 3x2pt cosmology

Euclid Collaboration, D. Navarro-Gironés, I. Tutusaus +274

The Euclid galaxy survey will provide unprecedented constraints on cosmology, but achieving unbiased results will require an optimal characterisation and mitigation of systematic e…

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Euclid: Galaxy SED reconstruction in the PHZ processing function: impact on the PSF and the role of medium-band filters

Euclid Collaboration, F. Tarsitano, C. Schreiber +301

Weak lensing surveys require accurate correction for the point spread function (PSF) when measuring galaxy shapes. For a diffraction-limited PSF, as arises in space-based missions,…

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Euclid preparation. Calibrated intrinsic galaxy alignments in the Euclid Flagship simulation

Euclid Collaboration, K. Hoffmann, R. Paviot +298

Intrinsic alignments of galaxies are potentially a major contaminant of cosmological analyses of weak gravitational lensing. We construct a semi-analytic model of galaxy ellipticit…

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Euclid preparation. Testing analytic models of galaxy intrinsic alignments in the Euclid Flagship simulation

Euclid Collaboration, R. Paviot, B. Joachimi +293

We model intrinsic alignments (IA) in Euclid's Flagship simulation to investigate its impact on Euclid's weak lensing signal. Our IA implementation in the Flagship simulation takes…